Island Avenue man charged with assault

Thursday

Jul 29, 2010 at 3:15 AM

SANFORD — One person was transported by helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland and another was arrested last Thursday after a visit turned into a stabbing.

According to the police report for the July 22 incident, two individuals went to visit David Townsend at his 25 Island Avenue apartment. Townsend let them in, but what happened after that is unclear. Apparently, some kind of disagreement ensued and Townsend allegedly stabbed one of the visitors in the abdomen with a kitchen knife.

The Sanford Regional Communications Center received a call at 5:31 p.m. for an assault in progress and police officers and a rescue unit were dispatched to the scene. The victim was transported to Goodall Hospital, where he was stabilized before being transferred by a Life Flight helicopter to Maine Medical Center for treatment.

No information was available on the victim's condition.

Townsend, 49, was arrested and charged with elevated aggravated assault.

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